Sexual Harassment In Schools

Sexual harassment is any unwanted or inappropriate sexual attention which includes touching, comments or gestures. It is also usually one sided and unwanted. It is one of the biggest challenges that we are facing in a number of places. A great number of educational institutions are being affected by this as sexually harassing behaviors can interfere with ones educational opportunities.

Sexual harassment works in different ways in educational institutions, it ranges from the student being harassed by a member of the faculty or staff, the faculty or staff being harassed by the student, member of the staff bothering a fellow colleague or lastly a student troubling his mate. There is a certain number of ways someone can describe sexual harassment

As a little girl when they would fly to visit her grandparents her "cruel grandfather" would violently rape her and abuse her over and over again. She later started attending an all girls boarding school where she confided in her teacher who also took advantage of her vulnerability and defy her. As kacy says she "exploited and shattered whatever human part of me my grandfather had left behind" Years after that she was filled with "numbness and unbearable pain". She also had endless amount of sleepless nights and she says "This torturous hell was my life". Clearly we can see how she was affected and this are just some of the consequences of what sexual harassment can do to you.

The person who sexually harasses people also has to face a few consequence if he or she is reported to have sexually abused somebody, seen sexually harassing someone. As a teacher in an institution if you sexually harass your students or even a colleague you can easily lose your job, as a student you can be expelled from the school ruining your

Violence manifests itself in many forms, one of which is sexual harassment. So not applying the policies and enforcing them are a wrong thing to do as they will end up having a negative impact on the person in the future. Sexual harassment should always be taken as a serious offence even if it is a minor issue.

References

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